Patents Examined by Derick J Holzmacher
  • Patent number: 10990926
    Abstract: A computer creates a prioritization list of a set of project functions, wherein each project function is associated with a priority level and an amount of resources. The computer detects a request, wherein the request includes a request to do one or more of alter one or more project functions of the set of project functions, add one or more project functions to the set of project functions, and remove one or more project functions from the set of project functions. The computer determines whether to allow the request based on at least on a comparison to the prioritization list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Rick A. Hamilton, II, Ashish Patel, Randy A. Rendahl
  • Patent number: 10984357
    Abstract: A method is provided for estimating production capacity of a component mounting line for producing assembly boards. The component mounting line includes component-mounting-relevant devices coupled to one another, including a component mounter. Operator information is provided, which relates to an operator. Production-plan information is provided, which relates to a production plan for producing the assembly boards scheduled in the component mounting line. Based on floor-disposition information, production-lot information, event information, the operator information, and the production-plan information, a production capacity of the component mounting line is estimated. The floor-disposition information relates to a disposition of the component mounting line on a floor. The production-lot information relates to a time necessary for the component-mounting-relevant devices to produce the assembly boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Takehara, Takuya Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10984393
    Abstract: Techniques of intelligent management of calendar items in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a calendar server can be configured to determine whether to accept a requested meeting utilizing a decision tree pre-configured at the server by a service provider. The decision tree contains one or more hierarchical decision nodes individually comparing one or more of parameters provided by a meeting requester to a corresponding criterion previously provided by the service provider. The calendar server can also be configured to invoke an application identified in the decision tree and provide results of the invoked application to the meeting requester in lieu of accepting the requested meeting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Anant Trivedi, William Holmes, Chandresh Kumar Jain
  • Patent number: 10984482
    Abstract: A method for providing enhanced transaction detail for a financial transaction includes receiving transaction information for the financial transaction performed using a financial account held by an account holder, generating a transaction record for the financial transaction based on the transaction information, accessing a secondary account of the account holder, including identifying supplemental information for the financial transaction based on the transaction information, associating the supplemental information with the generated transaction record, and providing the transaction record, including the supplemental information, to the account holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Sivesh Thangarajah, Miranda Hill, Brian Pearce, Dominik Vltavsky
  • Patent number: 10984392
    Abstract: A multi-session event invitation is described. A productivity application initiates operations to provide the multi-session event invitation upon detecting a request to schedule an event with session options. Invitee(s) and information associated with the session options is determined for the event. Next, the multi-session event invitation is generated based on the information associated with the session options. Furthermore, the multi-session event invitation is transmitted to the invitee(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Monica Adjemian
  • Patent number: 10977597
    Abstract: A system for validating data includes a digital touch point associated with an organization having an element and a quality assurance (QA) module for monitoring the digital touch point. The system includes a quality control (QC) algorithm associated with the QA module, which is executed against the new element to determine if one or more discrepancies exist between current data for the new element and expected data for the new element. The system includes a tangible error report that is generated by the QA module. The tangible error report captures the one or more discrepancies between the current data and the expected data for the new element. The QA module has the ability to modify the request to call to eliminate the one or more discrepancies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Innovian Corporation
    Inventors: Bill Bruno, Adam McArdell, Kevin Wysocki
  • Patent number: 10970658
    Abstract: Techniques for behavioral pairing in a dispatch center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for behavioral pairing in a dispatch center system comprising determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the dispatch center system, a dispatch request for a customer; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a plurality of field agents available to service the customer's dispatch request; determining, by the at least one computer processor, a model of preferred field agent-customer pairings based at least in part on historical field agent-customer interaction outcome data; selecting, by the at least one computer processor, one of the plurality of field agents based on the model; and outputting, by the at least one computer processor, the selection to facilitate dispatching the selected field agent to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Afiniti, Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Gardner Dunn
  • Patent number: 10963828
    Abstract: Various embodiments described herein are generally directed to techniques for identifying the availability of an enterprise to provide products, for example, banking products and/or services. Embodiments may include using an availability manager informed by resource status data to determine if an enterprise facility is available to provide at least one product. In some embodiments, at least some data used to determine the availability of an enterprise facility may be collected from sensors and/or transducers associated with the enterprise facility. Various embodiments may include using a machine learning model to analyze enterprise resource availability to determine enterprise facility availability to provide products. In some aspects described herein, at least one record may be updated with resource status information, facility availability, available product set information, and/or estimated lead time information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Phillips, Shevata Tula, Maxime Moise
  • Patent number: 10949904
    Abstract: In one embodiment one or more service provider work product of a knowledgebase can be processed according to one or more methods. A knowledgebase can be provided that includes a work product of one or more service provider. According to one method one or more work product of a knowledgebase can be processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: PROZ.COM
    Inventors: Henry J. Dotterer, Kevin S. Dias
  • Patent number: 10937091
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for estimating real estate property values based on an adjusted repeat sales model using a regularized estimator. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method calculates data for estimating the adjustments from an aggregated level to a first disaggregated level by marking a first transaction to a second transaction using a repeat sales house price index function at the aggregated level. The method also determines, using the calculated data, a regularized estimate of the deviation between the repeat sales house price index at the aggregated level and a repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level. The method further calculates the repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level based on the determined regularized estimate of the deviation from the aggregated level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)
    Inventors: Stefan Krieger, J. Douglas Gordon, Yang Wang, Shaojie Chen, Ming Xiong
  • Patent number: 10810528
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to techniques for organizing fulfillment of enterprise products, such as by using a request manager informed by enterprise resources and resource utilization to recommend a facility to fulfill a product request. Some embodiments are directed to identifying a product request and determining the equipment and skills necessary to fulfill the product request. Based on this information and location data, embodiments may determine a set of facilities as candidates to fulfill the request. A machine learning model may be used to analyze current resource utilization of the facilities and predict facility availability and estimated completion times for the request fulfillment. A candidate facility may be recommended for fulfillment of a request based on facility availability and estimated completion times. In some embodiments, historical resource utilization may be used to inform further staffing and equipment service decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Phillips, Ehab Awadallah, St. John G. Hill
  • Patent number: 10776731
    Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to techniques for organizing fulfillment of enterprise products, such as by using a request manager informed by enterprise resources and resource utilization to recommend a facility to fulfill a product request. Some embodiments are directed to identifying a product request and determining the equipment and skills necessary to fulfill the product request. Based on this information and location data, embodiments may determine a set of facilities as candidates to fulfill the request. A machine learning model may be used to analyze current resource utilization of the facilities and predict facility availability and estimated completion times for the request fulfillment. A candidate facility may be recommended for fulfillment of a request based on facility availability and estimated completion times. In some embodiments, historical resource utilization may be used to inform further staffing and equipment service decisions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Phillips, Ehab Awadallah, St. John G. Hill
  • Patent number: 10755215
    Abstract: Methods, systems and computer program products for wastage estimation are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, via a user interface, selection of a product for which an estimation of wastage incurred in manufacture thereof is desired and determining one or more orientation suggestions for the selected product, the one or more orientation suggestions including suggestions for imaging different views of the selected product for use in estimating the wastage incurred in manufacture thereof. The method also includes providing, via the user interface, one or more prompts for imaging the selected product at the one or more orientation suggestions, thereby obtaining images of the selected product, utilizing the obtained images of the selected product to calculate an estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product, and displaying, via the user interface, a display element indicating the estimated wastage incurred in manufacturing the selected product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Priyanka Agrawal, Amrita Saha, Pankaj S. Dayama, Srikanth Govindaraj Tamilselvam
  • Patent number: 10699226
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically generating and providing a compliance notification for a document in response to a compliance request received from an electronic device via a network. A governance system is constructed to communicate with a first governing agent device, a first principal device and a second principal device via the Internet. The first governing agent device provides a first document to the governance system, and the governance system compares the first document with stored permissions and at least one permission generated in real-time by a first personal robot representative. The governance system provides a result of the comparison to the first governing agent device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin James Lyons, Glenn Richard Korban
  • Patent number: 10643167
    Abstract: A method of Key Performance Indicator (KPI) performance analysis and a dynamic Model Predictive Control (MPC) process model for an industrial process including measured variables (MVs) and controlled variables (CVs) for an MPC controller are provided. The MPC process model includes at least one KPI that is also included in a business KPI monitoring system for the industrial process. A future trajectory of the KPI and a steady-state (SS) value for the KPI are estimated. The future trajectory and SS value are used for determining dynamic relationships between key plant operating variables selected from the CVs and MVs, and the KPI. A performance of the KPI is analyzed including identifying at least one cause of a problem in the performance or exceeding the performance during operation of the industrial process from the dynamic relationships and a current value for at least a portion of the MVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew John Trenchard, Andrew Ogden-Swift
  • Patent number: 10628839
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for estimating real estate property values based on an adjusted repeat sales model using a regularized estimator. In one exemplary embodiment, a computer-implemented method calculates data for estimating the adjustments from an aggregated level to a first disaggregated level by marking a first transaction to a second transaction using a repeat sales house price index function at the aggregated level. The method also determines, using the calculated data, a regularized estimate of the deviation between the repeat sales house price index at the aggregated level and a repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level. The method further calculates the repeat sales house price index at the first disaggregated level based on the determined regularized estimate of the deviation from the aggregated level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION (FREDDIE MAC)
    Inventors: Stefan Krieger, J. Douglas Gordon, Yang Wang, Shaojie Chen, Ming Xiong
  • Patent number: 10628660
    Abstract: A system for processing images captured in a retail store and automatically identifying misplaced products is provided. The system may comprise at least one processor configured to receive one or more images captured by one or more image sensors from an environment of a retail store, detect in the one or more images a first product, determine that the first product is not located in the first correct display location, cause an issuance of a user-notification associated with the first product, detect in the one or more images a second product, determine that the second product is not located in the second correct display location, and after determining that the second product is not located in the second correct display location and when the second urgency level is lower than the first urgency level, withhold issuance of a user-notification associated with the second product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TRAX TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Yair Adato, Youval Bronicki, Ziv Mhabary, Dolev Pomeranz
  • Patent number: 10628800
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present provide a method, system and computer program product for the automated launching of an e-meeting. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for meeting invite management includes creating in a C&S system an event from an e-mail invite to attend an e-meeting. Subsequently, the invite is parsed to extract into memory a hyperlink to the e-meeting, a user identifier and password. Thereafter, macro logic is generated that is programmed to access the e-meeting at the hyperlink and to authenticate into the e-meeting utilizing the user identifier and password. Finally, the macro logic is associated with a user interface control and the user interface control is embedded into the created event in the C&S system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: SUGARCRM INC.
    Inventor: Wes Moran
  • Patent number: 10592935
    Abstract: An event recording is received. The event is associated with an event entity and occurs over an event duration at an event location. A tag is received responsive to user interaction with a communication device. The tag is associated with at least one of the particular entity associated with the event entity, a particular time period associated with the event duration, and a particular location associated with the event location. Additional information associated with the event recording is received, and the tag is matched with at least a portion of the event recording based on at least one of the particular entity, the particular time period, and the particular location associated with the received tag. The portion of the event recording matching the received tag is presented for review along with the received additional information associated with the event recording.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Luis Albisu, Joseph Bentfield
  • Patent number: 10592828
    Abstract: A method and system for operating an enterprise in accordance with an optimized enterprise level business model. A model optimization engine is iteratively processed based on an updated benchmark value and model, until updating the benchmark value involves changing the benchmark value by less than a predetermined benchmark value error threshold to generate the optimized enterprise-level business model. The enterprise is operated in accordance with the optimized enterprise level business model, including: generating and dynamically displaying real-time performance measures of usage of a computer resource during execution of a business process, determining from the performance measures that the computer resource is a bottleneck, and the computer resource's usage is optimized using the performance measures to reduce data throughput delay and increase throughput of bottleneck operations during execution of the business process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mohammed Farooq, Raghunath Sapuram, Manish Modh, Robert Erickson